Unprofessional Relationships

..........-> Detract from authority of superiors
..........-> Result in or reasonably create appearance of *
....................-> Favoritism
....................-> Misuse of office or position¹
....................-> Abandonment of organizational goals for personal interests²

General Guidelines

..........-> Certain kinds of personal relationships present high risk
..........-> Members must be sensitive to formation of professional
..........-> relationships that may become unprofessional when facts or
..........-> circumstances change
..........-> Avoid relationships that negatively affect morale, discipline³,
..........-> respect for authority³ and unit cohesion

Dating and Close Friendships

..........-> Become matters of official concern when adversely affect morale,
..........-> discipline, unit cohesion, respect for authority, or mission
..........-> accomplishment
..........-> May apply even when members are not in same unit or chain of
..........-> command

Responsibility to Maintain Professional Relationships

..........-> All military members share responsibility
....................-> Senior member bears primary responsibility

Command and Supervisory Responsibility

..........-> Commanders and supervisors have authority and responsibility to
..........-> maintain good order, discipline and morale
..........-> May be held accountable for failing to act in appropriate cases

Actions in Response to Unprofessional Relationships

..........-> Action should normally be least severe necessary to terminate
..........-> unprofessional aspects of relationship
..........-> Full spectrum of administrative actions should be considered
....................-> Counseling, reprimand, UIF, removal from position,
....................-> reassignment, demotion, delay of or removal from promotion
....................-> list, adverse or referral comments in performance report,
....................-> and separation
....................-> More serious cases may warrant nonjudicial punishment
....................-> Trial by court-martial in aggravated cases
..........-> Instances of actual favoritism, partiality, or misuse of position may
..........-> constitute independent violations of the UCMJ or JER

Responses to Cases Involving Dating or Sexual Relationships

..........-> Sexual relationship is but one factor to be considered in determining
..........-> response
..........-> It is impact or foreseeable consequences of conduct, not
..........-> characterization of conduct, that determines seriousness
..........-> Unprofessional relationship should not be excused simply because
..........-> the parties marry or one leaves the service **

* My stress
¹ Consider Major Carter's promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel:
if the viewing public can't help but see 'ship whether they want to or not, then those with whom she works most certainly will. Experience of life in a large governmental organization (I can't tell you what it was, or I'd have to shoot you <g>) suggests that the gossip in the corridors of the S.G.C. would include speculation that she'd slept her way to that promotion.
² Consider Major Carter's leaving her post and rushing to her (armoured) C.O.'s side in 'Heroes - 2', possibly facilitating or contributing to the death of Doctor Fraiser
³ Consider Major Carter's lecture in 'Fragile Balance'
** So marriage wouldn't necessarily get them off the hook...

N.B. These instructions also apply to gay relationships but then, we haven't actually seen Daniel giving Jack yearning doe-eyed looks, attempting to make declarations of undying love or looking for approval and comfort from him.

Even when the latter might have been thought appropriate e.g. after having been kidnapped, starved and tortured, effecting the escape of himself and Dr. Lee, hiding Dr. Lee and leading the Bad Guys ™ away from him, being shot and threatened with being flayed alive, it wasn't there. Rescue - yes; approval and comfort - no. Zip, nada, nothing...